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Permalink Reply by Doc Oakroot on April 20, 2009 at 10:17am

String trees.

Or, turn the turners upside down and run the strings through holes in the headstock to reach the other side. You'll need something to protect the wood if you do this with steel strings. My simple CBG plan uses this technique.

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Permalink Reply by Dan Sleep on April 20, 2009 at 10:34am

Thanks Doc, that string tree thing is probably the way to go.

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Permalink Reply by Dan Sleep on April 20, 2009 at 11:45am

Hmmm...that could work too, and maybe be a bit decorative in the process. Thanks!

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Permalink Reply by Rich on April 21, 2009 at 3:07am

I've used Stew Mac 3 in 1 economy tuners that have 2 holes per tuner stem - one being very low. Gives a nice break angle to the strings. You could always hacksaw them into individual tuners, then cut the top 1/2 inch of the stem off. Two triple tuners for about 9 bucks.

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Permalink Reply by Dan Sleep on April 21, 2009 at 3:19am

Thanks Rich, I will check those out for future builds. I think for the moment, due to budget concerns, I will go with Ted's low tech solution.

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Permalink Reply by Dan Sleep on April 21, 2009 at 9:16am

Next question: Do I need to remove the black plastic cover from the piezo transducer, or can I leave it in there? I saw another article where the author broke open the case and removed the insides. Do I need to to that?

And, the ground wire goes to the outside of the phone jack, right?

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Permalink Reply by Roger Martin on April 21, 2009 at 12:03pm

What kind of piezo do you have?
does it say "VDC" or something like that on the package?
If it does you have to open it up anyway so you can get rid of the circuit board.
I agree with Ted about the string retainer set Up.
My thinking is ,if it's good enough for Fender all these years ,it's good nuff fer me.
If you want to dress it up there maybe a nice piece of brass would look good.

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Permalink Reply by Dan Sleep on April 21, 2009 at 12:06pm

The piezo is the standard one from Radio Shack.

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Permalink Reply by Roger Martin on April 21, 2009 at 1:10pm

Thats what I use too, from Radio Shack.
Sometimes when I go in to pull the circuit board on those I just leave the piezo in the case.Sometimes I pull the board and pull the whole works out.I havent noticed all that much difference.I just make sure the piezo's well glued in place to pick up all the vibrations it can.

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Permalink Reply by Dan Sleep on April 22, 2009 at 3:35am

And, the transducer should be glued to the inside of the box lid, not the 1x2? Or does it matter?

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Permalink Reply by BT Cohosh on April 22, 2009 at 6:15am

Hey Iggy!

Congrats on the first build.

You can pretty much put the transducer anyplace and it'll "work".... Different sounds, though.

If you put it under the box lid, you'll get more sound from the strings, but putting it on the 1 by 2 *might* reduce feedback (haven't tried it, but seems to make sense). Putting it on the 1 by 2, though, is likely to emphasize extraneous noise--slide on strings, etc....

I put most of mine under the lid, just in front of the bridge and on the treble side.

Iggy said:

And, the transducer should be glued to the inside of the box lid, not the 1x2? Or does it matter?

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Permalink Reply by Dan Sleep on April 24, 2009 at 4:57am

Well, my buddy tried out my CBG last night when his band practiced. Here are his comments.

"Well, it sounded pretty rough through my Marshall with or w/o overdrive. I was able to get some kind of tone by bringing the treble way back and the bass up. The small string resonated something awful and maybe raising the bridge will help...."

Will moving the piezo around inside the box make much of a difference?

What would help reduce the resonance on the small string?

I currently have it glued to the inside of the lid, near the bridge, on the small string side.

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